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Results of mapping of permafrost developed on the shelves of Arcticseas are reviewed. Mapping in the Eurasian sector of the Arctic is of a purely predictive character due to the lack of data on the structure and thickness of perennially frozen deposits. Mapscompiled by different authors are shown to differ substantially owing to the use of different paleogeographic scenarios, variance of the concepts of geological structure, etc. It is shown that the only region documented with adequate factual materials - the Beaufort Sea shelf - cannot beused as a key region in the mapping of most Arctic shelves. Cryotic peculiarities of the Beaufort shelf are determined by the fact that its waters are within the zone of glacioisostatic movements induced by Pleistocene glaciations and deglaciations in NorthAmerica.
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Gavrilov, A.V. (2001). Geocryological Mapping of Arctic Shelves. In: Paepe, R., Melnikov, V.P., Van Overloop, E., Gorokhov, V.D. (eds) Permafrost Response on Economic Development, Environmental Security and Natural Resources. NATO Science Series, vol 76. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0684-2_6
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